WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1858
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To DR. B. F. SHARP 1
Huntsville, 7th Sept., 1858. My Dear Dr. I writ~ to you in relation to a conversation we had on one occasion. It was about the effect of the Red Lands upon asthmatic patients. I think that you said that you had known some who had re- covered, in your acquaintances and were well. Will you be so kind as to write to me, and fet me know the facts? Were they defined cases? Of what duration, and what was the longest time it had been? How long were they in the country before they were cured? And please say to me, if you believe that Mrs. Houston would recover her health, if she were to reside in the Red Lands? Do you know of any persons now in your section, who are afflicted with the affection? I feel that I am imposing on you a task that I have no right to do, but I feel it due to Mrs. Houston, as she has great confidence in you as a physician. Mrs. H. is much in the same situation, as she was when you did us the pleasure, to call on us, as a physician. May I hope that you will be so kind as to write me soon, and at as much length as your leisure will permit? Mrs. Houston unites with me in best regards to [you] and your family. Truly Thine Sam Houston. Dr. B. F. Sharp, San Augustine, Texas. 1 Itasca Sweet Perkinson Collection, Dallas Historical Society, courtesy of Dr. Herbert Gambrell. A SYNOPSIS OF A SPEECH AT DANVILLE, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858 1 Montgomery, Texas, September 15, 1858. Editor of the Intelligencer:-Having heard General Houston at Danville on the occasion of the Barbecue given him on the 11th instant, I have thought that a brief notice of the speech might be interesting to most of your. readers. He commenced with a re- view of his course in the Senate at the last session, and said that he had sustained the leading measures of the administration, not alone because he approved of them, but also because in doing so, he felt that he was obeying the wishes of his constituents who had so largely contributed to effect Buchanan's election.
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